Romance – Romancing the Gothic

The ‘Scare a Day’ challenge – First Week Round Up

Last year, I did a blog for every single day of the challenge and I have learned from that so that now I am only doing a weekly round-up! I’d also like to open the discussion up to you as well. You can follow along with the hashtag (#AScareADay) on Blue Sky or Twitter andContinue reading “The ‘Scare a Day’ challenge – First Week Round Up”

Albert of Werdendorff, or, The Midnight Embrace by Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson

This is another story that I have transcribed for the 2025 A Scare a Day challenge. This is an 1812 chapbook, supposedly the translation or adaptation of a German Tale. Albert of Werdendorff; or, The Midnight Embrace Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson Albert, lord of the ancient but stately castle of Werdendorff was young nobleman of elegantContinue reading “Albert of Werdendorff, or, The Midnight Embrace by Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson”

Georgette Heyer and the Gothic

It’s Heyer week here at Romancing the Gothic! In book club, we’re reading The Quiet Gentleman (1951). On Saturday the class is ‘Rethinking the Gothic Romance: Georgette Heyer’. I’m aware that two quite disparate groups of people are interested in this week’s content and both groups might have their suspicions about exactly what Heyer andContinue reading “Georgette Heyer and the Gothic”